Activision rolled out a reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Vanguard’s multiplayer mode, which proudly sports the publisher’s logo in the trailer’s end slate. That’s unlike last month’s debut trailer for the title, which ran with the slate “Call of Duty presents” while noticeably omitting any Activision branding.

China’s second-largest e-commerce platform JD.com will no longer sell unlicensed “grey market” video games.

US skateboarding shoe and apparel company Vans partnered with Roblox to launch Vans World, an in-game interactive experience allowing players to skateboard while sporting Vans gear.

Last week, Activision debuted Call of Duty: Vanguard with a trailer that for the first time in the series’ history ran with the slate “Call of Duty presents.” No mention of Activision. Nor did the video feature the publisher’s logo. The only reference to Activision is made in tiny print in the legally required copyright part at the very end of the video. Could it be that that the company is trying to disassociate its…

New AAA studio That’s No Moon has been founded by the alumni of Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, Sony’s Santa Monica Studio, EA, and Bungie.

Sledgehammer Games game director Glen Schofield’s take on how much work goes into making Call of Duty has caused heated debate online. A lot of developers supported his point of view, saying that work travels and the research process might be really “exhausting.”

Console players might face problems, as there is a new cheat that is becoming a trend. It uses machine learning to aim at targets, also making it hard for developers to track and block it.

Activision is building a new in-house studio that will develop AAA mobile games. Right now, this new Santa Monica-based division is working on the new Call of Duty entry.

Taylor Kurosaki and Jacob Minkoff, key employees at Infinity Ward, have left the studio. The list of their work includes games like Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II has reportedly generated $2.75 billion in lifetime revenue. This could mean that Black Ops II is the highest-grossing title in the franchise.

Activision Blizzard is about to officially enter the market previously dominated by EA, Bluehole and Epic Games. A Call of Duty battle royale title called Warzone goes live today.

Activision Blizzard is gearing up to compete with makers of PUBG, Fortnite and Apex Legends. The publisher will launch the free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone.

Thaine Lyman, General Manager of the mobile studio at Wargaming Minsk, is one of the key people behind the publisher’s flagship mobile title World of Tanks Blitz. On Thaine’s watch, Tanks Blitz entered its sixth year on the market and did so with flying colors: the game reached an unprecedented DAU of 1.5 million players globally.

Activision Blizzard reported on the success of the latest Call of Duty. The company said that since its release on October 25, the shooter has brought in over $1 billion.

Users are review bombing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Metacritic over the game’s depiction of the Russian forces. Currently, the title holds the user-generated score of 2.4 out of 10.

Call of Duty: Mobile has become the fastest mobile title ever to reach 100 million downloads.

Call of Duty: Mobile brought in $2million in 36 hours since launch and hit 20 million installs.

Striking Distance, the studio working on an undisclosed “original narrative experience in the PUBG Universe,” hired former Call of Duty and Dead Space developers, as well as three former Telltale Games artists.